Abstract

H.E. Mr. Cassam Uteem, President of Mauritius honoured Mr. Jagdish Gandhi, the founder, CityMontessory School, Lucknow, India, with the Quality Pioneer’s Award at Port Luis in Mauritius, inrecognition of Mr. Gandhi’s pioneering contribution in introducing the concept and practice of QualityCircles (QC) in education. Incidentally, the Ministry of Education has made SQC’s compulsory in allgovernment-aided schools in Mauritius.Introduction:Since Independence, the education, particularly the higher education in India has undergone a uniquetransformation from elitist to egalitarian group. There has been the expansion of higher educationfacilities in India since independence. We can see the expansion of higher education with increasingspeed day by day in the context of globalization, liberalization and privatization. But a big question infront of us is whether the quality is ensured or not. It is saddening to note that 128 universities who gotthemselves accredited by the NAAC only 32 per cent could get ‘A’ or above level of rating whileanother 52 per cent of them could manage with ‘B’ or above grade. The remaining 16 per cent fall ingrade ‘C’ or above. NAAC assessment further indicates that 68% of colleges are rated as ‘B’ whileanother 23% colleges is rated as ‘C’ grade; and only the remaining 9% are ‘A’ grade. Thus the qualityassurance in higher education is the need of the hour.

Academic Leadership Journal ensures quality control of journal submissions will be maintained through the same refereed process as scholars are accustomed. Academic Leadership Journal emphasizes that the Journal should provide a balanced perspective between research and pedagogy, and application and process.